TIMELINE FOR RESEARCH (VETS)




FROM FALL 11
3rd Week (9/12 – 9/16)
PyMol Refresher - Due Tuesday 9/12
Science Works assignment due Friday Sept 16th - see announcement page

Lab Notebook Check this Friday- leave your notebook in 'Drug Screening Notebooks' drawer in lab by 7:00 pm

  • should include all current results and commentary

Wikispaces check on each Friday

4th Week (9/19 – 9/23)

Virtual Screen Refresher - Due 9/20 (see Announcement page for Virtual Screen Help Session on Thursday 9/14)

Wikispaces check on each Friday


Week 5 (9/26 – 9/30)
Finish cloning your gene into pNIC-Bsa4

For Virtual Refresher:
Since the blades are full - you only need to have your first Run started by the end of this week. (by Friday 9/30)

Begin real Virtual Screening - prepare protein in GOLD and start jobs (cb306 should be done this week and the next one started)
Wikispaces check on each Friday

Week 6 (10/3 – 10/7)
Transform positive clone with your gene into BL21(De3) cells - begin expression
Continue real Virtual Screening - prepare protein in GOLD and start jobs

Lab Notebook check this Friday (7:00 pm)
Wikispaces check on each Friday

10/03/11 - Still need PyMol Refresher from: Joey O, Larry H., J. C. S.

Week 7 (10/10 – 10/14)
Journal Club 3
Research Report Due - Tues Oct. 11th - Guidelines in GDocs folder
Virtual Screening help session for setting up your protein (should have started your second library this week)
  • Monday 4 - 5:30 in WEL 2.306 Computer Lab.

Express and Purify and Characterize your protein
PyMol Image contest Due Friday at Midnight
Wikispaces check on each Friday


Week 8 (10/17 – 10/21)
VIRTUAL SCREENING - should have 3 libraries completed, at the least
FPLC purify enzyme, store enzyme
Test your enzyme for activity
Wikispaces check on each Friday


Week 9 (10/24 – 10/28)
Journal Club 4
VIRTUAL SCREENING - finish by this week - do Top Ligands Procotol to get final compounds for ordering
FPLC purify enzyme, store enzyme
Test your enzyme for activity
Fri ( 10/28) Lab Notebook check this Friday(7:00 pm)
or Sat night if working on Sat.
Wikispaces check on each Friday



Protein Expression Scheduling:

Here's the Sign Up Form on Google - new guys and returning Spring VDSers should fill this out by Monday night.

Week 10 (10/31 – 11/4)
Tues Nov. 1st Thursday Nov 3rd at Midnight (Materials & Methods for Cloning due)
FRI External Open House - Wednesday Nov. 2nd 1- 4 pm
Top Ligands Procotol to get final compounds for ordering
FPLC purify enzyme, store enzyme
Test your enzyme for activity
Wikispaces check on each Friday

Week 11 (11/7 – 11/11)
Journal Club 5
Inhibition Assays
Tues Nov. 8th at Midnight (Materials & Methods for Virtual Screeningdue) - see Tips & Hints page
Wikispaces check on each Friday

Week 12 (11/14 – 11/18)
Tues Nov. 15th at Midnight (Materials & Methods for Expression, Purification, and Characterization due)
Purify and Characterize your protein - NOTE: this is a long and arduous process. Don't put it off.
Inhibition Assays
Fri ( 11/18) Lab Notebook check this Friday(7:00 pm)
or Sat night if working on Sat.
Wikispaces check on each Friday

Protein Protocols to be completed - also see instructional videos on GDocs

ProtocolProteinExpression_VDS_Fall11_ver2.doc
ProtocolProteinPurificationVDS_Fall11.doc
ProtocolProteinCharacterizationVDS_Fall11.doc
ProtocolFPLC_GelFiltration_VDS_Fall11V_v2.docx

ProtocolLabEnzymeTest_Phosphatase_VDS_Fall11.xlsx
Then on to Inhibition Assays once compounds arrive


Week 13 (11/21 – 11/25): Thanksgiving
Journal Club 6
Inhibition Assays - on 2 compounds


Week 14 (11/28 – 12/2) - Last Class week
Inhibition Assays - on 2 compounds
Intro to ICM?
Tues Nov. 29th - FINAL PRESENTATIONS of Enzyme Inhibition Graphs - everyone
make a one slide PowerPoint and upload to the GroupMeetingSlides/FInalSlides_StudentsFall11 folder on GDocs
save file with your name and date in the file name

Thurs (12/1) - Lab Cleanup (Required) - each students spends 1 hr cleaning in lab (counts as 1 hour of lab time)
Fri (12/2) - Lab Cleanup (Required) - each students spends 1 hr cleaning in lab (counts as 1 hour of lab time)

Sat ( 12/3)
Final Report due (5:00 pm )
Final Lab Notebook check (7:00 pm)
Final Wikispaces check